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Muensteroceras parallelum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites parallela was named by Hall (1860) [Goniatites oweni var. parallela].

It was recombined as Muensteroceras parallelum by Smith (1903).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Goniatites parallela Hall p. 100 fig. 13,14
1903Muensteroceras parallelum Smith p. 121 figs. Pl 16, fig 3; pl 19, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPericycloidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMuensteroceratidaeLibrovitch 1957
genusMuensteroceras
speciesparallelum(Hall 1860)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
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